I have been in a constant search to find a case that can fit a 360 radiator natively out of the box, but the only one im interested in right now is the 800D and its out of stock at all the places I like to buy from. So after seeing Erockers build with adding his 7970 back to water cooling, and running a 360 radiator outside off the back of his case, decided to get over my "No exterior mounted radiators" obsession, and to get a 360 and hang it off the back of my 500r like Erocker till this summer when new cases should be out by then.

Oh and to add, since ill have a water block now on the CPU which will allow for big memory heatsinks, I picked up some Corsair dominator platinums 8GB 2133 (same as my g.skill) but ive wanted this memory ever since it released but couldn't because of my megahalems. got the kit for $60 out of the pocket. 10% off newegg promo, and $50 gift card given to me for helping out my aunts husband on his work system upgrade.

Like sneeky said, separating the two will be best, but if you cant separate them or don't want to for w/e reason, the setup you mentioned should be fine. The GPUs will put off the most heat anyways, so having them last will be best. Imo, you should have a rad > cpu > rad > gpu > res/pump. Rad before the CPU or GPU (whichever you decide to go to first) will take off some of the heat from the pump as well. Wouldn't hurt. In the end, the temperature difference across your loop should be minuscule.

Like sneeky said, separating the two will be best, but if you cant separate them or don't want to for w/e reason, the setup you mentioned should be fine. The GPUs will put off the most heat anyways, so having them last will be best. Imo, you should have a rad > cpu > rad > gpu > res/pump. Rad before the CPU or GPU (whichever you decide to go to first) will take off some of the heat from the pump as well. Wouldn't hurt. In the end, the temperature difference across your loop should be minuscule.

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I don't see where you guys are getting the fact that putting radiators between blocks are going to help. I know well enough that doing so these days is a worthless practice, it helps in the first 5 minutes, and then its worthless after that. Not to mention envisioning running the rads between the loop is going to look like ass with tubes all over the damn place. Going directly from the CPU and GPU will look cleaner, and the routes will be shorter, which is what really matters. Only thing im worried out is the longer tube from the 360 back inside the case and up to the reservoir/pump, but it shouldn't be all that bad.

So.. pump->top radiator->CPU->GPU->back radiator->reservoir. You could go CPU->back radiator (through the top tubing hole)->GPU->reservoir. That may look cleaner as long as you put both fitting for the GPU on the bottom side.

So.. pump->top radiator->CPU->GPU->back radiator->reservoir. You could go CPU->back radiator (through the top tubing hole)->GPU->reservoir. That may look cleaner as long as you put both fitting for the GPU on the bottom side.

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Yes. I will have to look a it a bit closer when I have the parts in front of me and im in the process putting it all together. Should be good regardless of how I have it setup.

And is a ton more noise too. I would prefer a 655 in my loops for their silence, but it seems you two have it all sorted out.

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Yup, the 35x is a bunch louder than a D5 at full bore, although I think mine may be louder than most. It also squirts harder, too. The noise level went down considerably when paired with the maelstrom res, which was a bonus I wasn't expecting. It is extremely quiet until you start working your rig, then it really ramps up. It has a much higher frequency pitch than the 655s, which makes it more a more annoying sound. Since he thinks his 350 is loud I warned that the 35x might not be for him. I'm never going back to a pump without PWM, and when the pump is ramped up I'm usually deep into a game so I'm not too bothered. I may try one of Swiftech's custom PWM 655s in the future, but I have grown really fond of the brute power this little pump.